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series2 books1969

Tense in tone, about plague and pandemic and survival.

“Daniel H. Wilson's authorized 2019 sequel The Andromeda Evolution revisits the same threat five decades later.”
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Start with The Andromeda Strain →

The TommyknockersNovel

Stephen Kingstandalone novel1987

Horror, dark and eerie in tone.

FootfallNovel

Larry Niven & Jerry Pournellestandalone novel1985

Alien invasion and first contact, tense in tone, set in our world.

“When aliens travel to Earth from Alpha Centauri, differences between alien and human psychology result in an unprovoked invasion, and the resulting resistance results in the aliens' use of a devastating weapon.”
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PhantomsNovel

Dean R. Koontzstandalone novel1983

Horror, tense in tone, about survival, set in underground & caves.

“In order to defeat it and save humanity, they must outwit it.”
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H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

universe65 books1898

Alien invasion.

“No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”
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Start with The War of the Worlds →

includes The War of the Worlds

ContactNovel

Carl Saganstandalone novel1985

First contact, about space exploration and faith and religion, set in our world.

“The Message, awaited for so long, its very possibility doubted by so many, arrives.”
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